Published date: 12 May 2017

Last edited date: 12 May 2017

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 7 April 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Safety consultancy services - 79417000

  • Environmental services - 90700000

  • Environmental protection - 90720000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£50,000

Procurement reference

WIGN001-DN250472-50897411

Published date

12 May 2017

Closing date

7 April 2017

Contract start date

1 May 2017

Contract end date

30 April 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has set out the levels of service to be provided by local authorities for Food Safety, Food Standards (labelling and composition) and Animal Feeding Stuffs. The most recent Food Law Code of Practice was issued in April 2014 and informs Food Authorities on the execution and enforcement of food legislation.

In order to ensure full compliance with the Code, Wigan Council is seeking a supplier to conduct a number of inspections at a range of premises within the Wigan Borough. The Council is looking for the supplier to provide structured and thorough inspections of premises, to determine the adequacy of food safety and to appropriately risk rate the premises and provide a food hygiene rating score in line with the Code and Practice Guidance.

The Borough's business profile is large and diverse. The inspections will be conducted at a range of business types and risk categories. Based on the current figures available, there are a total of 887 premises to be inspected and risk rated. Of this total figure, indicative figures of the food hygiene inspection category types to be carried out are as follows:

• 322 premises currently rated Category C.
• 565 premises currently rated as Category D.

This equates to approximately 17 inspections per week to be carried out between May 2017 to April 2018. The total number of premises and their category types may change during the period of the contract and may go up or down.

The premises allocated will have an existing food hygiene rating of either Category C or D. However, a small percentage of visits may result in a business being allocated a different rating. Therefore, within the priced submission tenderers are required to provide unit assessment costs for each category type A to E.

The premises to be inspected will be identified by the Council. The successful supplier will be provided with a premises list detailing each establishment prior to commencement of the contract. The premises list will be split into 4 batches and released quarterly to facilitate work planning, but a number of inspections shall be completed each week.

For the full scope of the contract requirements tenderers should read the Specification for this service and the Invitation to Tender documentation.

The deadline of Friday 7th April 2017 at 17:00 represents the deadline for the submission of final tender applications.


More information

Links

  • https://www.the-chest.org.uk
  • Tender notice
  • Wigan Council is using The Chest North West E-Procurement Portal to conduct this procurement procedure. Applicants should register and access the tender documentation at the website address stated within this Contract Notice.

Award information

Awarded date

25 April 2017

Contract start date

1 May 2017

Contract end date

30 April 2018

Total value of contract

£44,001

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Osborne Richardson Ltd

Address

Bury House, Ground Floor, 31 Bury Street, London, EC3A 5AR

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Julie Searing

Address

Wigan Council, Directorate of Places: Environment, Regulatory Services, Wigan Life Centre (South), PO Box 100
Wigan
WN1 3DS
England

Telephone

01942 489329

Email

J.Searing@wigan.gov.uk

Website

http://www.wigan.gov.uk/